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Review of 2006 Pay Study (B)
explanation
On October 16, 2006, the City Commission held a workshop to discuss the 2006 Compensation Study for MAPS and CWA jobs. As part of the workshop, the City Auditor's Office presented the audit report on our Review of the 2006 Pay Study, which included several recommendations for improvements in the current and future compensation studies. Since no action could be taken at that meeting, we are requesting that the Audit, Finance and Legislative Committee recommend the City Commission accept our report and management's response. Also, in accordance with City Commission Resolution 970187, Section 10, Responsibilities for Follow-up on Audits, we request that the Committee recommend the City Commission instruct the City Auditor to conduct a follow-up review on recommendations made and report the results to the Audit, Finance and Legislative Committee.
In addition, because of our involvement in auditing the 2006 Pay Study, the positions within the City Auditor's Office were not included in the proposed pay plan distributed to the City Commission on October 16th. However, the City Auditor has discussed and obtained agreement from the Wachovia consultants as to the appropriate slotting of these positions based on their levels of responsibility and required minimum qualifications relative to other City positions. Accordingly, we request the Committee recommend the City Commission approve the placement of these positions. The percentage change for these four positions pay range midpoints averaged 9%, comparable to the 8% average experienced for all MAP positions.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) Accept the City Auditor's report and the response from the City Manager and Interim General Manager for Utilities; 2) instruct the City Auditor to conduct a follow-up review on recommendations made and report the results to the Audit, Finance and Legislative Committee; and 3)approve the placement of the Executive Assistant, Staff Auditor, Senior Auditor and Assistant City Auditor positions within the City Auditor's Office in salary grades 1, 4, 8 and 10, respectively.